diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/Makefile b/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
index 6f657f8501..68196b657b 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=irqbalance
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=10
+PKG_VERSION:=1.7.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=b47eea84cbb93f533b0cba2f1aaf9ca4da8706b9
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=ce1cd84cd315492d4260786735eae81e49515ec3eebe652920a7dc57b93c0c2c
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=641edc6f5d56f1b3eb8be0fa8a8e9b6a22e53218
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=c5453159f4863f7a37a1afa170a5db475c866a5a34975bcc427a22a8b3b97701
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
 
diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/patches/100-remove-libncursesw-dependency.patch b/utils/irqbalance/patches/100-remove-libncursesw-dependency.patch
index d59b9323d6..46fc4bd402 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/patches/100-remove-libncursesw-dependency.patch
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/patches/100-remove-libncursesw-dependency.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSESW], [ncursesw]
  AS_IF([test "x$has_ncursesw" = "xyes"], [
    AC_SUBST([NCURSESW_CFLAGS])
    AC_SUBST([NCURSESW_LIBS])
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 +  LIBS="$LIBS"
    AC_SUBST([LIBS])
  ])
+ 
diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch b/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
index 6429f1678b..fa54c46f29 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 --- a/irqbalance.h
 +++ b/irqbalance.h
-@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ extern unsigned int log_mask;
+@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ extern unsigned int log_mask;
  #endif /* HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD */
  
  #define SOCKET_PATH "irqbalance"
--#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/run/irqbalance/"
-+#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/var/run/irqbalance/"
- 
- #endif /* __INCLUDE_GUARD_IRQBALANCE_H_ */
+-#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/run/irqbalance"
++#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/var/run/irqbalance"
  
+ extern int process_one_line(char *path, void (*cb)(char *line, void *data), void *data);
+ extern void get_mask_from_bitmap(char *line, void *mask);
 --- a/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
 +++ b/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@